Hyundai Creta : Official Review

This is a discussion on Hyundai Creta : Official Review within Official New Car Reviews, part of the Team-BHP Reviews category; Greetings to all of you present , just got my membership approved yesterday . I just took delivery of a ...

Greetings to all of you present , just got my membership approved yesterday . I just took delivery of a creta 1.6 SX+ AT(polar white) on 3rd April and I just missed the added features like Android auto , apple car play and MirrorLink as I didn't have an idea about the additions till the time the car got registered in my name . I performed the PDI thoroughly while taking delivery and even visited their stockyard to select my car . I had an option out of three creta's in their stockyard (one grey and the rest two white) and all of them were February 2017 manufactured and i chose mine by extensively checking out all the three cars . When I realised about the additions , the car had been already registered in my name and so I missed the features that the 2017 facelifted creta had to offer . I will post my review really soon and I sincerely apologise to everyone regarding any discrepancies and errors in my post as this is my first post as a member and I'm getting accustomed to writing posts here . I will shortly post pictures and write a review as well .

I press the brake pedal harder than usual and then the lever shifts normally. Maybe you could try this and see if it works for you as well.

Didn't work :( I'll probably discuss this with the SA during the first service.

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Originally Posted by shrey25

I had an option out of three creta's in their stockyard (one grey and the rest two white) and all of them were February 2017 manufactured and i chose mine by extensively checking out all the three cars .

TBHPian RohanGT took delivery of his Feb '17 make Creta around March 20 and he had those features in his vehicle (see post #1630 in this thread). You should probably verify the VIN if it is indeed a Feb '17 make.

Are you parked on an incline or slight incline? With an AT have to be careful when parking and ensuring that handbrake is in place after placing transmission in P, before exiting the vehicle. Else "Transmission Lock" can occur. Refer http://www.agcoauto.com/content/news/p2_articleid/221. This may not affect newer ATs, but could be a factor here.
But it could be normal, you could wait 30 secs after switching on the vehicle and then try engaging R.

^^ Very informative and very helpful !! I had checked with the SA on this during the first service, but those guys are idiots. He had no clue.

I am posting the extract from the link Dennis posted , for the benefit of the FM.

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[SIZE=2]When parking on an incline, we first firmly apply the parking brake. Before shifting to park, we take our foot off the brake pedal and make sure the vehicle does not roll. With the vehicle weight held by the parking brake, we shift into the park position. With this method, the parking brake holds the weight of the vehicle and not the park pawl and gear. We can easily move our shifter out of park position.[/SIZE]

Didn't work :( I'll probably discuss this with the SA during the first service.

TBHPian RohanGT took delivery of his Feb '17 make Creta around March 20 and he had those features in his vehicle (see post #1630 in this thread). You should probably verify the VIN if it is indeed a Feb '17 make.

I use the Auto Door lock OBD from Aliexpress, but not this one.
This involves opening up the door panel for installation. Not cool.
There is one video on Youtube that shows the installation.

TBHPian RohanGT took delivery of his Feb '17 make Creta around March 20 and he had those features in his vehicle (see post #1630 in this thread). You should probably verify the VIN if it is indeed a Feb '17 make.[/quote]

I rechecked the VIN and as per the Team-BHP thread on VIN decoding , the 10 th character which signifies the year has 'H' which means that the vehicle is indeed 2017 manufactured and the 19th character is 'B' which makes it of the month February .

I rechecked the VIN and as per the Team-BHP thread on VIN decoding , the 10 th character which signifies the year has 'H' which means that the vehicle is indeed 2017 manufactured and the 19th character is 'B' which makes it of the month February .

In that case, probably discuss with the dealer as why your car missed out on those features and possibility of compensating with other accessories. Worth a shot, I guess

In that case, probably discuss with the dealer as why your car missed out on those features and possibility of compensating with other accessories. Worth a shot, I guess

I talked to the dealer regarding this and even told him that February manufactured models had these features in them and he just gave me the excuse that maybe the cars with these features were manufactured late in the month and even the dealership​ didn't have an idea about these features till the time I argued with them during the delivery of my vehicle . I told him that I should be compensated for this but he seemed reluctant to give into anything of this sort as this was something that Hyundai had changed without giving prior notice to the dealerships.

My Creta has run 10k kms and planning to get the wheel alignment, balancing and rotation done. Has anyone faced any issues by getting this job done from outside and not a Hyundai ASC? I am confident my local tyre shop can do the balancing and rotation but not sure about the alignment.

Also appreciate if anyone can recommend a good tyre shop in South Delhi or Gurgaon.

Can anyone give a rough estimate of the fuel consumption of the petrol as well as the diesel automatics in Bangalore traffic?

I have a manual (Diesel) and I get around 600 kms worth of drive with a full tank of fuel, of course I don't drive till reserve, I refill immediately once I see the last bar. It returns about 9-10/ ltr; My cousin's automatic on the other hand is faring a bit better, he gets about 12-13/ltr. In city traffic it can get a bit annoying to drive...the manual (I'm sure it is the same with other cars ) But overall, I think it is a fantastic car, and your driving experience will be further amazed when you drive the Creta on the highway, its behavior changes completely.

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Got about first 500kms on the ODO with first half of the tank in my new diesel AT. 100% AC, home to office drive.

Are you serious ? I'm guessing the traffic is not as bad as it is in Bangalore.

I have a manual (Diesel) and I get around 600 kms worth of drive with a full tank of fuel, of course I don't drive till reserve, I refill immediately once I see the last bar. It returns about 9-10/ ltr; My cousin's automatic on the other hand is faring a bit better, he gets about 12-13/ltr. In city traffic it can get a bit annoying to drive...the manual (I'm sure it is the same with other cars ) But overall, I think it is a fantastic car, and your driving experience will be further amazed when you drive the Creta on the highway, its behavior changes completely.

Are you serious ? I'm guessing the traffic is not as bad as it is in Bangalore.

I have not driven it quite much as I was out of Delhi for the past few days but I got 198 kms on a quarter of tank and Judging from my commute with AC on and in dense traffic at kalindi kunj , I think the average is pretty decent . This may be because I'm driving pretty sedately as the car is still in it's running in period but being an AT transmission , I figure it is good . Hope this will give you an idea.